1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 37
  3. CHAPTER 12
  4. Part 3
  5. 37-12-302 Applications -- qualifications -- fees

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 12. CHIROPRACTIC

Part 3. Licensing

Applications -- Qualifications -- Fees

37-12-302. Applications -- qualifications -- fees. (1) A person wishing to practice chiropractic in this state shall apply to the department on a department form. Each applicant must be a graduate of a college of chiropractic approved by the board. The applicant shall present evidence showing proof of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. The application must be accompanied with copies of diplomas and certificates and satisfactory evidence of good character and reputation.

(2) The applicant shall pay to the department a license fee prescribed by the board.

(3) A person who is licensed in another state or who previously graduated from or was enrolled in a chiropractic college accredited by the council on chiropractic education on or before October 1, 1995, is exempt from the bachelor's degree requirement.

History: En. initiative measure, Nov. 1918; effective under governor's proclamation, Dec. 28, 1918; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 224, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 3142, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 129, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 3142, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 123, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 188, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 350, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 432, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-505; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 345, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 203, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 168, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 224, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 467, L. 2005.